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-June
20,
1976
Sunday
Gaxette-Mail
Charleston,
West
Virginia
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Alternative
Electronic
Mail
System
Studied
WASHINGTON
(AP)
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The
Postal
Service
is
taking
the
first
steps
toward
establishing
an
electronic
mail
system
that
promises
overnight
delivery
of
letters
at
a
price
no
higher
than
current
rates.
The
mail
agency
has
signed
a
S2.2
million
contract
with
the
RCA
Corp.
to
study
what
alternatives
are
available
to
the
Postal
Service
in
the
area
of
computerized
message
systems.
"We
know
it
is
technologically
feasible
to
have
a
national
electronic
message
service.
We
could
do
it
today,"
said
Ralph
Marcotte,
Postal
Service
program
manager
for
the
RCA
contract.
"The
question
we
want
answered
now
is
whether
there
is
a
national
market
for
it,"
he
said
in
an
interview.
"The
chances
are
very
good
that
the
study
will
come
up
with
at
least
one
alternative
that
is
economically
feasible
and
that
would
be
accepted
by
the
public,"
he
said.
Technology
exists
to
use
leased
lines,
facsimile
devices,
communications
satellites
and
other
devices
to
send
messages
electronically,
he
said.
One
possible
application
is
for
the
Postal
Service
to
establish
"electronic
mail
kiosks"
at
such
places
as
shopping
centers.
A
person
could
enter
a
message
writ-
ten
in
block
letters
into
a
machine
equipped
with
optical
character
readers
that
could
convert
the
message
into
digital
form.
The
message
then
could
be
transmitted
to
a
Postal
Service
receiving
unit
near
the
addressee.
A
computer
printout
of
the
message
could
be
delivered
with
the
next
day's
mail.
Another
possibility
is
for
a
business
to
link
its
own
computer
electronically
with
that
of
the
nearest
Postal
Service
message
station.
"His
computer
wouid
talk
to
our
computer
and
then
ours
would
send
the
message
electronically."
Marcotte
said..
The
message
could
be
received
by
computer
by
the
addressee
or
a
printout
could
be
delivered
conventionally.
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